What are your least favorite shops, but you do them anyway?
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I tefuse to do shops that I don't enjoy. There's enough work out there.
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Dealerships...just do them, their close and pay well...not my fav's. Jobs where you have to put out a lot of money, and wait 6 weeks for reimbursement....I do the ones I enjoy, but it's getting slimmer as the days go by.
That's why I do The Source, they pay twice a month, softens the reimbursement and low fee blow.
That's why I do The Source, they pay twice a month, softens the reimbursement and low fee blow.
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I have tried a lot of shops once or twice to see if I like them. I haven't seen any that I don't like but would pay so much that I would be tempted to repeat them. I agree with bg, there is enough work out there.
If things are slow, I do a Sonic or Panda.
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I'm still hanging in there with car negotiation shops. I'm doing one a month. I haven't been burned by everyone's favorite guy - - yet. I don't particularly like the negotiation game when I'm not going to buy (love it when I am) but the pay is decent. I am running out of dealers close enough for two visits though, so I'll probably be done soon, or when I get burned, whichever comes first.
I don’t like cell phone shops, but sometimes they get bonused pretty well and I can’t pass them up.
I wasn’t fond of the in-house carpet sales shop so I haven’t done another one. But I do need new carpet now so maybe I’ll do it again.
Susie shopping the Columbus Ohio area and outlying communities.
I sometimes take shops that have a very small fee if I am going to be around anyway such as a coffee shop that only reimburses for a small purchase at the prices they charge. I tell myself it was not worth it but once in a while I forget the work (to reread the rules, get in the car and drive and park etc, scan the receipt) and take that type of shop again and again tell myself I can make my own coffee in the amt of time it took. Not many bonuses around here. The coffee shop bonuses when they have them are $1. That is a whopping 33% bonus tho.
Kroger shops. I have a love-hate relationship with them. So much asking for help, so much to remember! But it usually covers my groceries and I go there anyway, so it makes financial sense. And it seems like one of their regulars has stopped, so they are bonusing heavily. I just got $100 PAD tonight for one. Woohoo!
Any shop that requires a two or three lined script and the associates can't seem to do it and just say the McDonald's famous saying "anything else?" ; denny's, citi bank, papa john's (sticks finger down throat), sonic....etc.
I did a lot of overnights especially when I worked in radio. I bought my share fair of 6 packs at a 7/11 at 6am or so when everyone else was getting thier wake up coffee.
They were doing their thing & I was doing mine.
They were doing their thing & I was doing mine.
Know something weird, I eat at Sonic, and like the food there usually, these shops aren't difficult, and there's plenty of Sonics here to be shopped, but for some reason (I think mainly because I'm not a fan pf taking photos of food in my car) I hate doing Sonic shops, so I'm the same way, if it's slow I grab one or two.
@isaiah58 wrote:
If things are slow, I do a Sonic or Panda.
Perry Ellis purchase wait 30 minutes and return. Report another 20 minutes. So even with shop bonused to $30 not worth it but I tend to do them anyway as I have other shops in the area.
Shopping Western NY, Northeast and Central PA, and parts of Ohio and West Virginia. Have car will travel anywhere if the monies right.
Dealerships shops. Last time I did one it was actually a nice experience but the problem was that they somehow managed to do a hard inquiry on my credit which was unacceptable! Thanks shi**y car brand for lowering my credit score.
I only do shops I don't like when I owe a scheduler a favor. Then I just bite the bullet and do it. Otherwise, when there's a huge enough bonus attached, those awful shops suddenly become tolerable.
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Exactly my attitude, I don't do them if I hate them. There is plenty of work here.@bgriffin wrote:
I tefuse to do shops that I don't enjoy. There's enough work out there.
@texthinker wrote:
Know something weird, I eat at Sonic, and like the food there usually, these shops aren't difficult, and there's plenty of Sonics here to be shopped, but for some reason (I think mainly because I'm not a fan pf taking photos of food in my car) I hate doing Sonic shops, so I'm the same way, if it's slow I grab one or two.
@isaiah58 wrote:
If things are slow, I do a Sonic or Panda.
I stopped doing Sonic because the managers are such whiners when they get a bad score, and they then complain to the company causing me to spend so much more time on a shop that does not pay enough anyway.
Anything for ACL. I still do a few here and there though.
Sunoco. The branding colors are so pretty but some of those stores are NASTY! But, when the price is right, I put on my big-girl pants (& Hazmat suit & Kevlar vest) and hit the road!
Apartment shops for the one that requires lots of narratives including an executive summary. Ugh.
Robert Graham.... The clothes are ugly and extremely expensive..... The shop requires an $80 purchase and return.... The first time I did the shop, the sales associate did not run the return properly and I got a call two days later from the assistant manager to fix it..... The next day, I got a call from the manager as the return had still been done incorrectly.... At least it was done correctly that time and they took the initiative to remedy it. Still, it was too much trouble for a $15 that I picked up because I was already in the mall.
Periodically, the MSC calls and asks me to do it..... If the bonus is right and I'm feeling a need for another shop, I'll take it, but I just don't like the shop.....
Periodically, the MSC calls and asks me to do it..... If the bonus is right and I'm feeling a need for another shop, I'll take it, but I just don't like the shop.....
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@sestrahelena My version of that is GULF. They're all so gross. Everything is rusty and broken down.
I used to do a lot of Citgo before the MSC got too cheap. Those were just as bad and I hated being on site at those locations but the pay and ease of reporting made it worth it.
I used to do a lot of Citgo before the MSC got too cheap. Those were just as bad and I hated being on site at those locations but the pay and ease of reporting made it worth it.
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I am prety picky about what/where/who I shop. So, even my least favorite shop is very good! I hated ff shops so never did another since 2005. Life is too short. Love ACL's frozen yogurt shops but some of the locations were dirty or the franchisee's were overbearing. So, I just quit doing them. As the old farmer says. "Life is easier if you plow around the rocks."
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I'm doing this shop tomorrow here in Phoenix - not my fav shop either but I need to go to the rock shop in the mall to buy a gift for a rockhound for Christmas so i figured I might as well pick it up as I'm there already anyhow........@BuffaloNY101 wrote:
Perry Ellis purchase wait 30 minutes and return. Report another 20 minutes. So even with shop bonused to $30 not worth it but I tend to do them anyway as I have other shops in the area.
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